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Addiction as a Means of Numbing Pain and Escaping Reality
Dec 8
Living in Holey Comfort There was a time when I called it comfort.The glass of wine that blurred my edges.The pill that promised peace.The late-night texts to men whose names… …
The Healing Power of Self-Care: A Sacred Reclamation for Incest Survivors
Dec 8
When Survival Was the Only Language I Spoke For a long time, I thought self-care was bubble baths and scented candles — sweet distractions that never touched the ache underneath… …
Unveiling Edna Foa, PhD: The Science of Exposure and the Survivor’s Return to Self
Dec 8
The Body Remembers What the Mind Can’t Bear For so many of us who grew up with incest, “fear” wasn’t an occasional visitor — it was a houseguest that never… …
How Culture Shapes the Healing Journey for Incest Survivors
Dec 8
Sacred Diversity and The Many Faces of Pain We were born beneath different suns. We spoke in different languages.Some of us were raised to bow before elders, others to stand… …
What Dr. Bruce Perry Taught Us About Healing Intimacy After Incest Trauma
Dec 8
Without Safety, A Kiss Can Never Feel Like Love For many of us who survived incest, love was never just love.It was command. It was confusion. It was the warmth… …
How Dr. Bruce Perry’s Work Helps Incest Survivors Understand Their Brains, Their Triggers, and Their Power to Heal
Dec 8
Rebuilding What Was Stolen: For the Ones Who Grew Up Too Soon If you survived incest, you didn’t just lose your innocence—you lost the rhythm your body was supposed to… …
How Ellert Nijenhuis Helped Us Understand Dissociation, and What It Means for Incest Survivors
Dec 8
The Split No One Saw Before I knew what dissociation was, I just thought I was broken.I thought my body was weak, my memory unreliable, my emotions too much or… …
What Claudia Black Taught Us About Addiction, Family Systems, and Healing for Incest Survivors
Dec 8
Inherited Silence There’s a certain kind of silence that lives in homes where pain has learned to pass for love.The walls know it. The children know it. Even the family… …
Why Emotional Regulation Can Feel Impossible for Incest Survivors
Dec 8
The Dangerous Churning Beneath the Silence There’s a calm that isn’t peace — a stillness that isn’t safety.It’s the quiet before the eruption. For many incest survivors, that’s what emotional… …